Texas' governor-elect, Gina Hinojosa, pledged to scrap the state's record-setting voucher program. Other incoming leaders have promised more oversight.
Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt is leaving Alaska's Anchorage School District after four years to take the helm of Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia.
To end the takeover, the district is required to improve school board governance, have no multi-year failing campuses, and update the special education department so it is compliant with state standards.
Andre D. Spencer, who has led two previous districts over a 15-year span, was selected as the next superintendent of New Jersey's Willingboro Township Public Schools.
Students and teachers are using it. Leaders are being asked to make decisions about it. But AI is not yet transforming learning—in many cases, it's fragmenting it.
Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on Thursday.
No state has taken over as many local public school districts as Texas. Just since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts.
